"The Offenbach is the entrance air of 'General Bourn', a French cousin of the Duke of Plaza Tora in The Gondoliers. Irresistible, and put over, like everything else on this side, with splendid verve. In the Italiana excerpt, Corena catches the rueful 'happy but none too happy' tone very cleverly. This is admirable vocal acting…. Rossini and Cimarosa bass arias, on their own and out of context, need all the sparkle a singer like this gives them."—Gramophone